Reverse Child’s Apron

My kids love aprons.  Honestly I don’t know why.  I don’t even own one myself.  I made them a couple half aprons (look for that tutorial later), but they asked me to make them full aprons.

Now if you read my last post you know my sewing supplies were packed up.  I unpacked it today.  I had to do something.  I let my kids pick out the fabric, but they fought over who got what color.  That’s when I decided to make the aprons reversible. 

My oldest daughter has a play apron she received for her birthday last year.  Since it still fits her pretty good I decided to just trace that apron to get a pattern.

Cutting out the fabric and sewing only took me around an hour. 
I had a yard of each fabric and was able to get two full sized aprons and two half aprons.

Here are a couple pictures.  Sorry they are bad. 

Purple side

  
Pink side

 

Here are a couple pictures of the half aprons I made for them the other day.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

~Tracie

Another Stroller Bag

A friend of mine is having a baby boy soon.   It took me 2 weeks to decide on fabric.  The fabric is from Anna Maria Horner’s fabric line.  I really like it.

How about you?

 

I hung it on my son’s bed so you can see how it works.  It was raining.  Why is it always raining when I need pictures?

 

The side with pockets for bottles and the strap for carrying on your shoulder. 

 

And the inside of the bag. 

 

Enjoy.

~Tracie   

Kid’s Messenger Bag **Picture heavy**

We move around a lot.  About every two or three years my husband is assigned to a different Army post.  We just found out that my husband was assigned to a new post.  We have to move in about 2 months.  Fun, huh? 

My kids are always complaining about having to carry around a big backpack with their stuff in it.  So I decided to try and make them a Messenger bag.  I have some more tweaking to do.  But they like them and are already carrying them around the house stuffed full of clothes and other stuff.

Here are a few pictures.  Tell me what you think.  My husband says I should have made them two different colors.  But because I’m super low on fabric I had to make them this way.

    

~Tracie

**Tutorial** How to make a Soothie Pacifier Keeper

 

My little man will be 4 months old tomorrow.  I can’t believe it.  But call me silly, I made him a new pacifier keeper for the 4 month mark. 

If your baby using a soothie pacifier you know how hard it is to find a pacifier keeper.  Then when you find one for it, you realize it is so huge that it covers your child’s whole face. 

So I made this….

Supplies: 

One piece of 1/4” wide ribbon cut to 7” in length
One piece of 1” wide ribbon cut between 12” to 15”  you chose the length.
One suspender clasp.  They come in a pack of 2 I believe.  I found mine at Joann’s.

Oh yeah and a bottle of this stuff.  Fray Check

 

When you cut your ribbon put a dab of this stuff on it and let it dry.  That way your ribbons won’t fray!!!

 

Let’s begin.

After the fray check has dried fold over the main ribbon 3/4”

Fold it one more time again at 3/4”

Sew it together

Thread your other piece of ribbon the that loop you just made.

 After threading it through, sew the two ends of ribbon together.

 Pull those ends through so they are hidden in the main ribbon.  Top stitch to hold the ribbon in place.

  

It should look something like this.

Next thread the suspender clasp through the other end of ribbon.  Make sure your ribbon is laying face down and so is your clasp.

Fold over 3/4” twice like you did  on the top piece and sew it together.

You are finished sewing.

  Next pull the small ribbon up through one of the holes on the pacifier. 

  Pull your wider ribbon through the middle of the smaller ribbon and tighten up.  Now you have your very own pacifier keeper.

Enjoy and if you have any questions leave me a comment or email me at    traciec19athotmaildotcom

~Tracie

It’s Finished

I finally finished my Mom’s Mother’s Day present.  It will probably get to her a day late (sorry mom), but it’s finished.  I hope she likes it. 

I would have had this finished last week, but while quilting, I jammed a needle half way through my finger.  Funny thing was (well at the time) I didn’t even know I had injured myself.  All I remember was taking a break and seeing blood.  Thankfully now you can’t even tell I did anything.  I had a bruise and a little hole for a few days, but now my finger has healed.

And now onto the finished piece.  Please tell me what you think.  Oh and before I forget.  My dad requested that it not be a hanging quilt.  LOL.  My mom loves to hang everything she possibly can, so he asked me to make it so they could lay it on the back of their couch. 

 

~Tracie